Vikrant Arora

CISO, Hospital for Special Surgery

Vikrant Arora is a credentialed business leader with more than 15 years of experience in developing enterprise security and risk management programs in the healthcare, government and education sectors in North America and Asia. In his former role as the assistant vice president and chief information security and risk officer at NYC Health & Hospitals, an integrated system of 11 hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and home care in New York City, Arora is focused on security strategy, business risks, regulatory compliance and securing clinical systems as well as biomedical devices.

Poised to Combat Cyber Threats - Gearing Up for What's Over the Horizon

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Connie Barrera , Jay Kramer • October 29, 2018

What are healthcare entities doing to better position themselves for battle in the evolving cyber threat landscape? CISOs discuss what they're doing with their SOC, SIEM, behavioral analytics, virtual desktops, endpoint protection, and more. In this session, panelists will discuss: The key vulnerabilities putting...

The CISO's Role in 2019: Learn from Other Sectors

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Stephen R. Katz, CISSP , Anahi Santiago • September 25, 2018

Given current, turbulent conversations around physical and cybersecurity, it's hard to get an exact pulse on the state of the industry and where to start shoring up corporate processes to protect information. But with business and personal safety on the line, it's become increasingly important to be able to identify...

What's the Next Breach that No One Anticipates? From Ransomware to IoT

Presented by Vikrant Arora , Mark Eggleston , David Houlding , Marianne Kolbasuk McGee , Steven W. Teppler • October 4, 2017

Ransomware has already crippled the ability of some targeted healthcare organizations to access patient records, interrupting delivery of care for days. But will the next iteration of malware attacks bring even more disruption, and perhaps have an even more devastating impact on patients? Cyberattacks involving...

4 Questions the Board Must Ask Its CISO

Vikrant Arora • August 17, 2016

Vikrant Arora, CISO of NYC Health & Hospitals, offers the four most important questions a board must ask the CISO to get a good understanding of how the organization is addressing top cybersecurity concerns.